Thursday, 02 May 2019
I’m getting errors when I try to burn a CD – what can I do?
There are several standard things you can try:
– Always reboot your PC before burning a CD.
– Remove any unnecessary programs from memory (use Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the task list, and then use the «End Task» button to kill everything except Explorer and Systray… including your virus protection software, since this can interfere with CD burning).
– Unplug your printer before restarting your PC to burn disks – printer drivers that communicate with the printer can interfere with burning.
– Disable your screen-saver before burning – a screen saver firing up can easily wreck a burn. Go to Control Panel / Display and set Screen Saver to .
– Burn at 1x rather than a higher speed.
Of course all these precautions may not be necessary… but I’d try them all if you’re having problems. Then if you get things working, you can discontinue them and see if problems come back.
Another thing you might possibly want to do is check your ASPI layer (unless you’re using a SCSI or USB drive, in which case this is irrelevant). Adaptec have a little program called aspichk.exe, which is available in the download area of their website (http://www.adaptec.com/) – this program will check on your installation and report back. When I run it on my system, it reports version 4.60 for all files and says that ASPI is installed and fully operational. If this program identifies errors or version mismatches in your ASPI installation, you may need to reinstall these programs to get your burner working properly. The driver files themselves are also available from Adaptec’s website. Go to:
http://www.adaptec.com/support/faqs/aspilayer.html
From this page you can download both the aspichk.exe program, and a program to update your ASPI layer if it is not up to date.
